By Mie Hoejris Dahl MEXICO CITY — Throughout 2025, Latin America remained a battleground between efforts to conserve some of the world’s most valuable ecosystems and mounting pressure from organized crime and legal extractive industries pushing into new frontiers. Home to about 40% of the world’s known species, Latin America is one of the world’s most biodiverse
By Nathaniel Kyere Bekoe Social media has been abuzz with news of a man popularly known as Ebo Noah, who claims to have built an ark to save humanity ahead of an impending flood on Dec. 25, 2025. His video has garnered millions of views locally and globally. The Ebo Noah Fuss A Ghanaian social media user claims that he
By Richard Pomfret Despite an unsettled global backdrop, Central Asia’s economic performance in 2025 was solid, if uneven. The IMF’s October 2025 Regional Outlook projected real GDP growth in Central Asia and the Caucasus at 5.6 per cent, slightly higher than in 2024. Growth was strongest in the two poorest countries, Tajikistan (7.5 per cent) and Kyrgyzstan
By Jonathan Shorman The U.S. Postal Service has adopted a new rule that could create doubt about whether some ballots mailed by voters by Election Day will receive postmarks in time to be counted. A USPS rule that took effect on Dec. 24 says mail might not receive a postmark on the same day the agency takes
By RFI Travellers trying to cross between London and mainland Europe in the run-up to the New Year were left scrambling on Tuesday after all Eurostar services linking the UK capital with Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels were postponed. Eurostar said services had restarted but warned that problems could continue. “Services have resumed today following a power
